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• CRICKET: Williams leads Oxon home

  ROB Williams and Charlie Knightley led Oxfordshire to an impressive five-wicket victory over Cambridgeshire at Challow on Sunday, writes Ed Mezzetti.

• HORSE RACING: Kennedy's delight

  VODAFONE Derby-winning stable groom John Kennedy, who hails from Didcot, has told of how Sir Percy fulfilled his dream by landing the Epsom Classic.

• TENNIS: North defeated

  NORTH Oxford's hopes of winning the Mixed Division 1 3-Pair title suffered a big setback when they lost 6.5-2.5 to Bicester in their opening OLTA Wilson Inter-Club League match of the season.

• ROWING: Ejsmond-Frey is new president

  ROBIN Ejsmond-Frey has been elected as the new Oxford University president, writes Mike Rosewell.

• CRICKET: Buckingham knock in vain

  AN excellent knock of 83 off 91 balls from Andy Buckingham was not enough to give Kidlington victory in a tense finish against Burnham in Division 2 West at Stratfield Brake on Saturday.

• CRICKET: Bicester outclassed

  BICESTER & North Oxford were always second best to North Maidenhead on Saturday, but did enough to earn a comfortable draw and pick up seven points in Division 2 West.

• CRICKET: Banbury hang on

  BANBURY were left hanging on for a draw in their Division 1 match against Finchampstead on Saturday.

• CRICKET: Thame up to second

  THAME Town stormed up to second place in Division 2 West after Saturday's comfortable five-wicket win over Basingstoke & North Hants at sundrenched May's Bounty.

• CRICKET: Henley claim spoils

  HENLEY came out on top in Saturday's big derby to put themselves second in the Division 1 table and leave Oxford rooted to the bottom.

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  Review: Twelfth Night at the Oxford Playhouse

  Oh no!Not only is thisTwelfth Night delivered in Russian, at the beginning the whole company marches on stage dressed in identical black trousers, black braces and white shirts.

• The Insider

  Liberal Democrat city councillor Sajjad Malik has vowed to stick a metaphorical two fingers up to the politically-correct brigade at Oxford Town Hall by flying a flag of St George from his taxi.

• Lesson to us all after this evil act

  The people who left a bag of unwanted clothing outside the Sobell House Hospice shop no doubt did so with the charity's best interests at heart.

• No longer green

  I refer to your front front page about the racist attack in a busy Oxford street on Rattandeep Singh Ahluwalia (Oxford Mail, May 31).

• Drug solutions

  Bob Vincent, Restore the drug clinics (Oxford Mail, June 2) might be interested to know that, after a number of trial runs, the Government in Germany is giving free heroin to long-term addicts.

• Give up your free parking

  I almost agree with the Tory County Council (Oxford Mail, June 3).

• Rent overpaid for 10 years

  A pensioner living in sheltered accommodation run by Oxford City Council was overcharged rent by the authority for 10 years.

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  The RED LION, YARNTON

  An old friend who has recently become a narrowboat dweller telephoned to say that she and her partner were heading towards the area along the Oxford Canal. Could we get together? Charlotte guessed she and Tony would be tying up near Thrupp. Perhaps we…

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  Such Good Things and a Restaurant too

  Gill Draycott calls herself a cook, but those who know her and have tasted her food insist she's a chef. After all, the difference between a chef and a cook is not simply a matter of one being a professional and the other not though that's what most…

• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Oxford Playhouse

  One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is associated in most people's minds with Milos Forman's film adaptation of 1975. Among its seven Oscars was one for Jack Nicholson and his bravura performance as a rebellious inmate fighting the oppressive regime in a…

• Macbeth: Creation Theatre Company

  Although it's not often found in the outdoor Shakespeare repertoire, Macbeth is of course ideally suited to darkening skies and threatening clouds. For their first production of the summer season the Creation Theatre Company have taken full advantage of…

• Tonight's The Night: New Theatre

  I reviewed Ben Elton's Rod Stewart tribute musical Tonight's The Night when it opened in London three years ago and castigated some of my fellow critics for their po-faced attitude to the show. One called it "eye-poppingly, knee-huggingly,…

• Deborah Colker: Wycombe Swan

  Deborah Colker's Knot is a full evening work that falls into two distinct halves, but with one constant theme desire. Her Brazilian company gave a thrilling performance of the piece, created last year, which is by turn shocking, exciting and at times…

• La Traviata: Milton Keynes Theatre

  There are probably a dozen danced versions of Alexandre Dumas' novel La Dame aux Camelias, the most distinguished being Frederick Ashton's compact one-acter Marguerite et Armand, made for, and for many years danced exclusively by, Fonteyn and Nureyev.…

• The Sixteen: Sheldonian Theatre

  The Sixteen's concert on Friday was exactly mid-way through their Choral Pilgrimage tour, which began in Cambridge at the beginning of March and continues until November, winding up at Wells Cathedral. Their mission this year is to give a platform to…

• Twelfth Night: Oxford Playhouse

  Oh no! Not only is this Twelfth Night delivered in Russian, at the beginning the whole company marches on to the stage dressed in identical sets of black trousers, black braces, and white shirts. Furthermore, this is an all-male production, so it looks…

• Thais: Grange Park Opera

  With its heart-searching tune, the Mditation from Massenet's opera Thas was always a firm favourite at Reginald Dixon's Sunday afternoon organ recitals at the Tower Ballroom, Blackpool. Little did I know at the time how appropriate the piece was for a…

• See the Tate Modern in a new light

  You may think you know the Tate Modern, which after opening in 2000 on London's Bankside rapidly became one of the world's most popular galleries, but it's time to think again. For Tate Modern had just undergone a major rehang, the first since its move…

• The fruits of my (!) labours

  I have grown used to flying back from Greece three or four times a year with half a dozen litres of gin clanking in my hand luggage. This is absurd, I know no, not the fact of my bringing it (entirely understandable since it costs about a third of the…

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  Webber fears Silverstone struggle

  Australian Mark Webber will treat this weekend's British Grand Prix as a second home race, but he expects the Grove-based Williams team to find the going tough at Silverstone.

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  Bodleian Library nets a winner

  What's the connection between the World Cup and the Bodleian Library? The august Oxford University institution is involving itself in questions more usually discussed in the pub, after being given the manuscript of the Rules of Association Football…

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  Lunch break linguists

  Languages have never been the greatest strength of British people in general. The reasons are partly historical, with the days of the Empire ensuring that everyone from India to Australia should speak the Queen's (or King's) English, rather than adapt a…

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  Business is bubbling

  There is something just a little decadent about sitting in a hot tub, sipping Champagne and contemplating the good life. Many people enjoy this pleasure perhaps without the drink at the gym, but usually time is limited, and you have to share with…

• Firm intentions – by design

  Sheer hard work and some inspiration have allowed Saeed Khan and Calvin Weaver to be in a position where they have set up their own firm of architects. Mr Kahn, from Oxford, and Mr Weaver, from Swindon, met at Oxford Brookes University but their story…

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  SPEEDWAY: Ace Todd can't save Cheetahs

  Todd Wiltshire beat Poole spearhead Bjarne Pedersen three times last night, but still ended up on the wrong side of a 15-point defeat.

• Joining the British

  They take arts and crafts seriously in France, and when master joiner Bruno Boulay arrived in Wantage nine years ago from his home town of Linas-Montlhry, near Paris, he was amazed at what he found.

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  BOWLS: Sparkes fires up Oxon challenge

  Captain Baden Sparkes led by example as Oxfordshire made a winning start to their EBA Middleton Cup campaign with a 120-113 victory over Isle of Wight at Shanklin.

• BOWLS: Gleeson leads way as City get off mark

  Oxford City & County bounced back from their disastrous start in Division 1 of the Oxford & District League, sponsored by Yarnton Nurseries Garden Centre, with a 5-1 win over Carterton.

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  CRICKET: Hero Heritage in birthday joy

  BIRTHDAY boy David Heritage celebrated in style with a match-winning spell as Horspath upset Aston Rowant by 85 runs in the Oxfordshire semi-finals.

• CRICKET: Hole knock sees Oxford march on

  Opener Simon Hole steered Oxford to a six-wicket win at Radlett in the second round.

• CRICKET: Twenty20 challenge

  Town and Gown clash tomorrow night for a high-octane Twenty20 encounter in The Parks that organisers hope will pull in the punters.

• CRICKET: Morteza magic boosts Cumnor

  Opener Ali Morteza smashed 70 off 36 balls to set Cumnor on the way to a crushing 89-run win over Witney Mills in the second round.

• BOXING: Berinsfield bag vital new funds

  Berinsfield ABC are celebrating a second cash injection from the Oxfordshire Community Foundation (OCF) that will provide vital equipment.

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  BOXING: Townsend family double

  The Townsend brothers, Bradley and Clinton, both made winning starts to their ring careers at Banbury.

• FOOTBALL: Stowell is Milton coach

  Matt Stowell has agreed terms to become Milton United's player/coach.

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  FOOTBALL: Ian's joy at five in a row

  Didcot Town's record-breaking striker Ian Concannon was presented with the Hellenic League Premier Division's leading goalscorer award for the fifth successive year.

• Staff training escapes cuts

  Staff training programmes at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital have escaped cuts, despite a multi-million pound funding deficit, it emerged yesterday.

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  Queue of misery

  The tax credit row which has seen Oxfordshire families overpaid £13.1m reached Westminster yesterday with Tory leader David Cameron saying his Witney surgeries are full of people who have been told to repay the money.

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  We're gutted

  One of Oxfordshire's best-known hospices, which cares for hundreds of dying people a year, could lose up to £60,000 after arsonists torched a Witney charity shop.

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  Hero calls it a day

  A policeman who twice was almost killed while on duty in Oxfordshire has retired after 30 years.

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  Shop raid nets stolen goods

  Designer perfumes, bottles of champagne and electrical equipment were among items seized by police yesterday when they raided a store as part of an investigation into the sale of stolen goods.

• College votes to admit men

  Oxford University's last remaining all-female college has finally bowed to financial pressures after governors voted yesterday to admit male students and academics.

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  Happy 100th

  New research shows that enjoying a few treats like chocolate and wine can lead to a longer life and two sherry and fish and chips-loving centenarians from Oxford are living proof.

• Cameron attacks BBC show

  Tory leader and Witney MP David Cameron has accused Radio 1 of encouraging knife and gun crime.

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  Mother's pride

  Oxfordshire author Sheila Kitzinger says her daughter's High Court fight to have her gay marriage legally recognised in England is a question of justice.

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  'Flats are now a slum'

  A block of council flats on an Oxford estate has been described as a "slum" after it has stood spray painted and vandalised for three months.

• GOLF: Results round-up

  CHIPPING NORTON Senior Ladies' Stableford: 1 J Porter 31pts, 2 J Jones 30 (cb), 3 J Wells 30 (cb).

• Three held in road checks

  Eight cars were seized and three people were arrested during a police operation during which scores of vehicles were stopped in Oxford.

• GOLF: Summers chip shot seals it

  OXFORD City and The Wychwood reached round two of the Shaw & Co Oxfordshire Foursomes League Knock-out Trophy.

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  'Give me a decision'

  A popular pick-your-own fruit and vegetable business could close because it has not been given planning permission for a new farm shop.

• Evening class fees to soar

  Fees for leisure courses at Abingdon and Witney College are set to soar following a cut in subsidies.

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  GOLF: O'Connor cruises to county crown

  KATHERINE O'Connor kept up her fine early season form by retaining the Oxfordshire Girls Championships at Hadden Hill.

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  BMW 'is on the wrong path'

  People campaigning to keep a historic bridleway open will meet tonight (Thursday) to discuss their strategy.

• GOLF: Seven bid for Solheim glory

  THE Oxfordshire will do battle with six rivals to host the Solheim Cup in 2011 and two of them are from the UK.

• Homes bid with a twist

  Another 1,500 new homes could be built in Didcot on top of more than 7,000 already planned or proposed.

• Class act is 50 today

  Larkmead School in Abingdon is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its official opening.

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